Location marking device of a support for a mountable object

Abstract

A marking device for marking the location for a support for a mountable object, such as a picture frame, has a body with a compressible or collapsible configuration and adhesive for removably attaching a back face to a backside of the mountable object. A primary marker is coupled to the body and disposed below a front face in an uncompressed configuration and projects at least to the front face to mark the surface in the compressed configuration. The marker is disposed adjacent a perimeter edge of the body to facilitate alignment. A sighting notch can be formed in the body with the marker at the apex of the notch to facilitate alignment. A secondary marker is removably coupled to the body for harder surfaces.

What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is: 
     
       1. A marking device for marking the location for a support for a mountable object, the device comprising:
 a body having a front face and a back face, the front face being configured for contact against a surface; 
 an adhesive coupled to the back face of the body configured to removably couple the back face of the body to the mountable object; 
 an elastic buckling frame forming at least a portion of the body and having elastic and collapsible cross-braces between the front and back faces, the cross-braces including a flexible and resilient material such that the cross-braces buckle under an applied force defining a compressed configuration in which the front face displaces towards the back face to reduce a thickness of the body, and the cross-braces return to an original configuration upon removal of the applied force defining an uncompressed configuration in which the front face displaces away from the back face to increase a thickness of the body; 
 a primary marker coupled to the body and disposed below the front face in the thicker configuration and projecting to at least the front face to mark the surface in the compressed configuration; and 
 a secondary marker coupled to the body and having a marking pad extending adjacent the front face of the body. 
 
     
     
       2. The marking device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a transferable medium carried by the marking pad. 
 
     
     
       3. The marking device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a sighting notch formed in a lateral perimeter edge of the body and extending through the body from the front face to the back face; and 
 the primary marker being disposed adjacent an apex of the sighting notch. 
 
     
     
       4. The marking device of  claim 3 , wherein the sighting notch is also formed in the elastic buckling frame and the elastic and collapsible cross-braces. 
     
     
       5. The marking device of  claim 3 , wherein the primary marker is disposed within the body at the apex of the sighting notch. 
     
     
       6. The marking device of  claim 3 , wherein the secondary marker further comprises:
 an adhesive adhering the marking pad to the front face; 
 a sighting notch formed in the marking pad and extending therethrough; and 
 the sighting notch of the marking pad being aligned with the sighting notch of the body. 
 
     
     
       7. The marking device of  claim 1 , wherein the primary marker is disposed adjacent a lateral perimeter edge of the front and back faces; and further comprising means for identifying a location of the primary marker with respect to the faces and for aligning the primary marker with a connection point of the mountable object. 
     
     
       8. The marking device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a sighting notch formed in a lateral perimeter edge of the body and extending through the body from the front face to the back face; 
 a primary marker being disposed adjacent an apex of the sighting notch; 
 a rigid safety key removably disposable in the buckling frame to resist buckling of the cross-braces; and 
 a hole extending through the rigid safety key and aligned with the sighting notch. 
 
     
     
       9. The marking device of  claim 8 , wherein the secondary marker further comprises:
 a block removably extending from a proximal end at the safety key to a distal end adjacent the front face of the body; 
 a pin extending from the block and removably disposed in the hole of the safety key; and 
 the marking pad disposed on the distal end of the block. 
 
     
     
       10. The marking device of  claim 1 , wherein the secondary marker further comprises:
 a clip with a rear wall engaging the body and a front wall disposed over the front face of the body; and 
 the marking pad being disposed on the front wall of the clip. 
 
     
     
       11. The marking device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a sighting notch formed in a lateral perimeter edge of the body and extending through the body from the front face to the back face; 
 the primary marker being disposed adjacent an apex of the sighting notch; 
 a clip with a rear wall engaging the body and a front wall disposed over the front face of the body and across the sighting notch; and 
 the marking pad being disposed on the front wall of the clip and across the sighting notch. 
 
     
     
       12. A marking device for marking the location for a support for a mountable object, comprising:
 a compressible body having a front face and a back face, the front face configured for contact against a surface, the compressible body having a compressed configuration that is thinner and a thicker configuration that is thicker than the compressed configuration; 
 an adhesive coupled to the back face of the compressible body; 
 a primary marker coupled to the compressible body and disposed below the front face in the thicker configuration and projecting to at least the front face to mark the surface in the compressed configuration; 
 a sighting notch formed in a lateral perimeter edge of the compressible body and extending through the body from the front face to the back face; 
 the primary marker being disposed adjacent an apex of the sighting notch; and 
 a secondary marker coupled to the body and having a marking pad extending adjacent the front face of the body. 
 
     
     
       13. The marking device of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 a transferable medium carried by the marking pad. 
 
     
     
       14. The marking device of  claim 12 , wherein the secondary marker further comprises:
 an adhesive adhering the marking pad to the front face of the body; 
 a sighting notch formed in the marking pad and extending therethrough; and 
 the sighting notch of the marking pad being aligned with the sighting notch of the body. 
 
     
     
       15. The marking device of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 an elastic buckling frame forming at least a portion of the body and having elastic and collapsible cross-braces between the front and back faces, the cross-braces including a flexible and resilient material such that the cross-braces buckle under an applied force in the compressed configuration, and the cross-braces return to an original configuration upon removal of the applied force in the thicker configuration. 
 
     
     
       16. The marking device of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 a rigid safety key removably disposable in the buckling frame to resist buckling of the cross-braces; and 
 a hole extending through the rigid safety key and aligned with the sighting notch. 
 
     
     
       17. The marking device of  claim 16 , wherein the secondary marker further comprises:
 a block removably extending from a proximal end at the safety key to a distal end beyond the front face of the body; 
 a pin extending from the block and removably disposed in the hole of the safety key; and 
 the marking pad disposed on the distal end of the block. 
 
     
     
       18. The marking device of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 a clip with a rear wall engaging the body and a front wall disposed over the front face of the body and across the sighting notch; and 
 the marking pad being disposed on the front wall of the clip and across the sighting notch. 
 
     
     
       19. A method of marking the location of a support for a mountable object on a surface, the method comprising:
 obtaining at least one marking device comprising:
 a compressible or collapsible body with a front face and a back face with an adhesive; 
 a primary marker coupled to the body; 
 
 viewing a connection point on a backside of the mountable object through a sighting notch of the marking device and aligning an apex of the sighting notch of the marking device with the connection point; 
 attaching the marking device to the backside of the mountable object, the connection point, or both, with the adhesive; 
 attaching a secondary marker to the body and aligned with the sighting notch; 
 supporting the mountable object opposing the surface; 
 moving the mountable object until a desired position is found; and 
 pressing the mountable object against the surface to press a marking pad of the secondary marker against the surface and marking a location of a support on the surface with the secondary marker. 
 
     
     
       20. The method of  claim 19 , further comprising:
 a transferable medium carried by the marking pad and transferable to the surface.